Textual Bibliography
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course aims at providing a philological preparation to achieve the educational objective of the degree course, more specifically a preparation on the characteristics and the questions posed by the study of maps in the context of author philology.
The study of maps in the context of author philology. As far as printed books are concerned, by presenting the work of typography from the first centuries up to contemporary times, students will be provided with the tools with which to carry out a philological investigation of a printed book; as far as authorship philology is concerned, students will be provided with useful tools for the investigation of authorship maps and philological skills that will enable them to prepare a critically and scientifically correct edition.
The study of maps in the context of author philology. As far as printed books are concerned, by presenting the work of typography from the first centuries up to contemporary times, students will be provided with the tools with which to carry out a philological investigation of a printed book; as far as authorship philology is concerned, students will be provided with useful tools for the investigation of authorship maps and philological skills that will enable them to prepare a critically and scientifically correct edition.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge: At the end of the course, students will acquire knowledge of the methods of production and edition of printed books, in the ancient typographic regime and in the modern and contemporary age, on the one hand, and, on the other, knowledge of the methods of study of author's papers and the problems posed by their edition.
Competences: At the end of the course, students will acquire both the ability to investigate from a philological point of view specimens of ancient and modern books, and the competence necessary to deal with writers' autographs and to define the characteristics that their publication may have.
Competences: At the end of the course, students will acquire both the ability to investigate from a philological point of view specimens of ancient and modern books, and the competence necessary to deal with writers' autographs and to define the characteristics that their publication may have.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
This is the programme of the lectures, which will follow three blocks of topics: tools for textual bibliography (20 h, 3 ECTS), tools for author philology (20 h, 3 ECTS), texts first XIX Century's publishing (20 ore 3 ECTS). Ten lectures are dedicated to each of the three blocks:
1) Presentation of lessons. The Transmission of Printed Texts.
2) What Textual Bibliography is?
3) Printing systems. Correctors and composers.
4) Shape and formats.
5) Printing and printing variant.
6) Author in typography. 16th century examples.
7) The editions following the first one. Theoretical questions.
8) Examples of editions subsequent to the first one. Stemma editionum.
9) From the ancient typographical regime to modern publishing.
10) 20th century issues.
11) What author philology is?
12) Writer's archives.
13) How to work with the copyright papers.
14) Different stages of writing.
15) Correction campaigns.
16) Examples of author's papers analysis.
17) From manuscript/typewritten to print and beyond.
18) To Publish author's papers.
19) "Critical editions".
20) Clarification of students' questions.
21-30) The Editorial Tradition of Parini's "Odes".
The lectures will examine the texts and the structure of Parini's "Odes" by focusing on the author's plan for the collection and the editors' choices.
Students who have only 6 ECTS in their study plan bring the topics of the 20 lessons to their test. They can choose the first twenty, or the lessons 1-10+21-30, or the lessons 10-20+21-30.
International or Erasmus incoming students are kindly requested to contact the teacher of the course. Also students with disabilities should contact the teacher of the course, in order to discuss alternative examination methods, in agreement with the competent Office.
1) Presentation of lessons. The Transmission of Printed Texts.
2) What Textual Bibliography is?
3) Printing systems. Correctors and composers.
4) Shape and formats.
5) Printing and printing variant.
6) Author in typography. 16th century examples.
7) The editions following the first one. Theoretical questions.
8) Examples of editions subsequent to the first one. Stemma editionum.
9) From the ancient typographical regime to modern publishing.
10) 20th century issues.
11) What author philology is?
12) Writer's archives.
13) How to work with the copyright papers.
14) Different stages of writing.
15) Correction campaigns.
16) Examples of author's papers analysis.
17) From manuscript/typewritten to print and beyond.
18) To Publish author's papers.
19) "Critical editions".
20) Clarification of students' questions.
21-30) The Editorial Tradition of Parini's "Odes".
The lectures will examine the texts and the structure of Parini's "Odes" by focusing on the author's plan for the collection and the editors' choices.
Students who have only 6 ECTS in their study plan bring the topics of the 20 lessons to their test. They can choose the first twenty, or the lessons 1-10+21-30, or the lessons 10-20+21-30.
International or Erasmus incoming students are kindly requested to contact the teacher of the course. Also students with disabilities should contact the teacher of the course, in order to discuss alternative examination methods, in agreement with the competent Office.
Prerequisites for admission
It is necessary to have developed some preliminary knowledge of philology's methods, tools and objectives.
Teaching methods
This course is based on frontal lessons, during which textual and visual materials are presented, which will be available in Ariel, on the teaching site. The last lesson of each block will be set so that those who have attended the lessons can ask questions and ask for clarifications, which can also be anticipated to the teacher by email. Attendance, although not compulsory, is strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
Students who have attended to all lessons of the first part (1-10)
* Susanna Villari, Cos'è la filologia dei testi a stampa, Roma, Carocci, 2014
Students can replace the Susanna Villari's book with Philip Gaskell, A New Introduction to Bibliography, New Castle, Delaware & Winchester, Oak Knoll Press & St. Paul's Bibliographies, 2009.
Students who have not attended to all lessons of the first part (1-10)
* Susanna Villari, Cos'è la filologia dei testi a stampa, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
* P. Stoppelli, Filologia dei testi a stampa, CUEC , 2008 (this book is available on line too): the essays "Introduzione", "La trasmissione del testo", "Il concetto di esemplare ideale", "Postfazione".
OR (i.d. either) Conor Fahy, Saggi di bibliografia testuale, Padova, Antenore 1988, only the following essays: Introduzione, Edizione, impressione, emissione, stato; L'Ariosto, "Orlando Furioso" [ ]: profilo di un'edizione.
Students who have attended to all lessons of second part (11-20):
* lessons notes and learning materials on ARIEL
* Paola Italia-Giulia Raboni, Cos'è la filologia d'autore, Roma, Carocci, 2016
* Christian Del Vento, La "critica degli scartafacci" ai suoi albori: la protocritica delle varianti e gli "incunaboli della critica genetica", in "Gli 'scartafacci' degli scrittori", a cura di Ch. Del Vento e P. Musitelli, Roma, Carocci editore, 2022, pp. 19-51.
Students who haven't attended to the lessons:
* Paola Italia-Giulia Raboni, Cos'è la filologia d'autore, Roma, Carocci, 2016 OR *Paola Italia, Giulia Raboni, Marco Presotto, Sònia Boadas, Margherita Centenari, What is Authorial Philology? E-book, Open Book Publishers, 2021
* Christian Del Vento, La "critica degli scartafacci" ai suoi albori: la protocritica delle varianti e gli "incunaboli della critica genetica", in "Gli 'scartafacci' degli scrittori", a cura di Ch. Del Vento e P. Musitelli, Roma, Carocci editore, 2022, pp. 19-51.
* Other two essays (free-choice) from "Gli 'scartafacci' degli scrittori", a cura di Ch. Del Vento e P. Musitelli, Roma, Carocci editore, 2022.
Third Part (lectures 21-30)
Constant reference will be made to Giuseppe Parini, Le odi, edizione critica a cura di Dante Isella, Milano, Ricciardi, 1975, but the most recent critical edition: Giuseppe Parini, Odi, a cura di Mirella D'Ettorre, introduzione di Giorgio Baroni, Pisa-Roma, Serra, 2013, will also be taken into consideration.
Students should have an annotated edition of Parini's Odes. It is suggested:
- Giuseppe Parini, Le odi, a cura di Nadia Ebani, Parma, Fondazione Pietro Bembo/Guanda Editore, 2010
or
- Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno; Le odi, a cura di Ettore Bonora, Milano, Mursia, 2008 [or later].
- Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno; Le odi, a cura di Giuseppe Nicoletti, Milano, Rizzoli, 2011 [or later].
The complete bibliography will be available on Ariel before the beginning of the lectures.
* Susanna Villari, Cos'è la filologia dei testi a stampa, Roma, Carocci, 2014
Students can replace the Susanna Villari's book with Philip Gaskell, A New Introduction to Bibliography, New Castle, Delaware & Winchester, Oak Knoll Press & St. Paul's Bibliographies, 2009.
Students who have not attended to all lessons of the first part (1-10)
* Susanna Villari, Cos'è la filologia dei testi a stampa, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
* P. Stoppelli, Filologia dei testi a stampa, CUEC , 2008 (this book is available on line too): the essays "Introduzione", "La trasmissione del testo", "Il concetto di esemplare ideale", "Postfazione".
OR (i.d. either) Conor Fahy, Saggi di bibliografia testuale, Padova, Antenore 1988, only the following essays: Introduzione, Edizione, impressione, emissione, stato; L'Ariosto, "Orlando Furioso" [ ]: profilo di un'edizione.
Students who have attended to all lessons of second part (11-20):
* lessons notes and learning materials on ARIEL
* Paola Italia-Giulia Raboni, Cos'è la filologia d'autore, Roma, Carocci, 2016
* Christian Del Vento, La "critica degli scartafacci" ai suoi albori: la protocritica delle varianti e gli "incunaboli della critica genetica", in "Gli 'scartafacci' degli scrittori", a cura di Ch. Del Vento e P. Musitelli, Roma, Carocci editore, 2022, pp. 19-51.
Students who haven't attended to the lessons:
* Paola Italia-Giulia Raboni, Cos'è la filologia d'autore, Roma, Carocci, 2016 OR *Paola Italia, Giulia Raboni, Marco Presotto, Sònia Boadas, Margherita Centenari, What is Authorial Philology? E-book, Open Book Publishers, 2021
* Christian Del Vento, La "critica degli scartafacci" ai suoi albori: la protocritica delle varianti e gli "incunaboli della critica genetica", in "Gli 'scartafacci' degli scrittori", a cura di Ch. Del Vento e P. Musitelli, Roma, Carocci editore, 2022, pp. 19-51.
* Other two essays (free-choice) from "Gli 'scartafacci' degli scrittori", a cura di Ch. Del Vento e P. Musitelli, Roma, Carocci editore, 2022.
Third Part (lectures 21-30)
Constant reference will be made to Giuseppe Parini, Le odi, edizione critica a cura di Dante Isella, Milano, Ricciardi, 1975, but the most recent critical edition: Giuseppe Parini, Odi, a cura di Mirella D'Ettorre, introduzione di Giorgio Baroni, Pisa-Roma, Serra, 2013, will also be taken into consideration.
Students should have an annotated edition of Parini's Odes. It is suggested:
- Giuseppe Parini, Le odi, a cura di Nadia Ebani, Parma, Fondazione Pietro Bembo/Guanda Editore, 2010
or
- Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno; Le odi, a cura di Ettore Bonora, Milano, Mursia, 2008 [or later].
- Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno; Le odi, a cura di Giuseppe Nicoletti, Milano, Rizzoli, 2011 [or later].
The complete bibliography will be available on Ariel before the beginning of the lectures.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Test consists of an oral interview on the topics presented during the lessons and, for those who have not attended the lessons, on the topics presented in the publications indicated in the examination programme specific for them. The exam aims to verify the student's ability to show the knowledge acquired and to express it correctly, using specialist vocabulary.
Marks are out of 30, minimum passing grade 18.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the course lecturer in good time. Examination arrangements for students with disabilities and/or LSDmust be agreed with the lecturer, in consultation with the LSD' office.
Marks are out of 30, minimum passing grade 18.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the course lecturer in good time. Examination arrangements for students with disabilities and/or LSDmust be agreed with the lecturer, in consultation with the LSD' office.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/13 - PHILOLOGY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Cadioli Alberto
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/13 - PHILOLOGY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Cadioli Alberto
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/13 - PHILOLOGY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Tanzi Imbri Barbara
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Reception:
Professor Cadioli receives students in his office by appointment. Please write and the day and time will be arranged.
In the teacher's office.